Advisory Council
The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives is an independent body. It advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on issues relating to access to public records and represents the public interest in deciding what records should be open or closed.
The Advisory Council was established by the Public Records Act 1958 as a non-departmental public body.
It is chaired by the Master of the Rolls, a senior judge, and its members include historians, archivists, information management professionals, former civil servants and journalists.